FENDER JAZZMASTER (MAGENTA)
   
Used by Jim/Lee: 2000-2006

  • 2000 -- EADGBE (Teenage Riot, Schizophrenia, Tom Violence -- JIM)
  • 2003 -- EG#EG#EG# (Expressway -- JIM)
  • 2006 -- F#F#GGAA (Drunken Butterfly, Tom Violence -- LEE)

    NOTES:

  • Jim's Jazzmaster for the bulk of the "nyc ghosts" tour, later replaced by the Musicman Stingray. The guitar originally had a Strat neck but it was converted to a Jazzblaster (and nicknamed 'Strazz'). Jim used it for 'Expressway' at some point. Lee reclaimed it for the 2006 tour.
  • Magenta body
  • 2 soap bars
  • Maple fretboard, strat neck (originally), replaced with Jazzmaster neck
  • 1 toggle switch
  • 2 knobs
  • Trem bar
  • Price tag hanging off tuners at early 2000 tour shows.
  • Listed as "MAGENTA" on 2000 set lists.
  • F#GA Gauges: .046 .046 .026 .026 .017 .017

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